Indian stock markets finally ended on a positive note on Thursday after seven days with Sensex scaling as many as 330 points to finish in green after seven days as an uptick in shares of Infosys, HDFC, Sun Pharma, SBI and Reliance Industries boosted the key equity indices.

During the day, BSE Sensex zoomed as much as 551.64 points to hit the day’s high of 34,634.35. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Indian stock markets finally ended on a positive note on Thursday after seven days with Sensex scaling as many as 330 points to finish in green after seven days as a sharp uptick in shares of Infosys, Sun Pharma, SBI, HDFC and RIL boosted the key equity indices, also all of the sectoral indices concluded up today. The S&P BSE Sensex gained as much as 330.45 points or 0.97% to close at 34,413.16 and NSE Nifty added 100.15 points or 0.96% to conclude at 10,576.85. On Thursday, the volatility in the market dipped relatively as the volatility indicator, India Vix shed 8.69% to close at 17.7725. Indian equities ended in a positive territory after an extended dull activity in last seven days due to Budget 2018 implications, global sell-off and uncertainties over RBI’s last policy meeting in FY18.

US stocks closed lower in an up-and-down session on Wednesday, dragged down by tech and energy shares, as investors adjusted to a more volatile market following wild swings of the past few sessions, Reuters said in a report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 19.7 points or 0.08% to 24,893.07, the S&P 500 lost 13.51 points or 0.5% to 2,681.63 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 63.90 points or 0.9% to 7,051.98.